TORONTO – The Alberta Progressive Conservatives scored their
12th consecutive majority on Monday night. The Liberals lost the title
of Official Opposition to the Wildrose Party, which tried to form the first
non-Conservative government in the province since 1971. Here is the Alberta
election 2012 by the numbers:
87 – Total number of ridings in Alberta
61 – Seats won by the Tories
17 – Seats won by the Wildrose Party
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5 – Seats won by Liberals
4 – Seats won by NDP
68 – Votes for Separation Party of Alberta
567,052 – Votes for Tories
442,431 – Votes for the Wildrose Party
127,643 – Votes for Liberals
294 – Votes for Alberta Social Credit Party
210 – Votes for Communist Party – Alberta
44 – Percentage of votes won by Tories
61 – Electoral divisions won/leading by Tories
17 – Electoral divisions won/leading by the Wildrose
Party
42 – Percentage of votes for Liberal candidate Kent
Hehr in Calgary-Buffalo
41.1 – Percentage of votes for Liberal candidate
David Swann in Calgary-Mountainview
With files from The Canadian Press
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